Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 818 I have fallen in love with you
The girl who looked back had a reddish complexion but dark pupils. Her eyes were round with anger, like an angry lion, and her eyes were trembling slightly, as if she was suppressing something.

Shangguan Chu was caught off guard by the sudden scolding, and he showed a rare dumbfounded reaction. He stood there without speaking, only frowning slightly, as if looking at an unreasonable child.

Unreasonable making trouble... Shen Luoxin tilted her head and looked up at him, smiled softly, and called, "Shangguan Chu, why are you still standing here? Just because the old lady told you, you came to me like this, You insist on sending me back, do you think it's your responsibility? I guess you know the old lady's intention. She wants to bring the two of us together, Shangguan Chu... You are so obedient, do you really want to marry because of the old lady's order? Me as a wife?”

She tilted her head and smiled, her smile a bit unruly and aggressive, and also like some kind of provocation. But only she knew how hard it felt all over her body at this moment, and even breathing hurt.

She didn't know if she was expecting him to nod and say yes, or if he was to deny and say no.

The waiting time stretched out extremely long, and she maintained her almost stiff smile, waiting for him to shake his head or nod. But he didn't wait for anything. He lowered his eyes and looked at his man. His face under the moonlight looked so perfect that it made people sigh, but his eyes were so calm that they were almost heartless. He frowned slightly and said, " you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk!" She stood up quickly and shouted at him, spitting on the other person's face, but Shen Luoxin didn't realize it. The suppressed emotions at that time finally burst out in the other person's cold eyes. , drowning her in an instant. She pressed the corners of her mouth and looked like she was about to cry. She said softly, "Shangguan Chu, you have a face like this...haven't you ever been pursued by a girl's family?"

He said, "Yes."

After thinking for a while, he added, "In the early years, there were, but later on, probably because I had no women around me all year round, some rumors about good men's behavior spread. The more they spread, the more they seemed like that, and gradually they became less and less. Furthermore, The methods I use in doing business are also a bit... intimidating, so no girl dares to approach me."

Even though Shen Luoxin scolded him repeatedly, he still answered her questions patiently. Shen Luoxin looked away, lowered his head and smiled bitterly, look...such a man is good-looking, rich, emotionally stable, and gentlemanly. It is natural for any girl to be attracted to him, isn't it? I am not a heartless person...

"Shangguan Chu." She called, her voice low, sounding very weak and frustrated, "I tell you, from now on, if it is unintentional... don't get too close to the girl's house, so as not to be watched. What misunderstanding is there with your face..." It would be fine if it was just a misunderstanding. However, I allowed the misunderstanding to get worse in my heart without realizing it.

Shangguan Chu was stunned for a moment, and looked at him in astonishment - he had really never thought about what this little girl was doing to him... Although he knew that his grandmother had some ulterior motives, she had done a lot of erratic things over the years, but as long as she herself I have long been accustomed to seeing girls I like, who would inevitably try their best to make some innuendo.

But he forgot that these temptations and overtures were the first time for this little girl.

What he should have thought of was that even though she was as carefree as Shen Luoxin, she was still a well-behaved little girl at heart. After listening to her grandmother's tempting nonsense but not knowing how to refuse, plus those gossips outside, she felt that her whole life was over. Certainly. He stood there, his thoughts seemed to be running wild. He would rather believe that Shen Luoxin was bewitched than believe that Shen Luoxin really fell in love with him. After all, he was not really good to her in the past... If it were different... He could have walked away as before, but this was Shen Luoxin, Xiao Ning's friend. If he didn't tell others clearly, Xiao Ning might have had his skull ripped off.

He sighed softly, and then said after a while, "If you don't care about those gossips, I can clarify them for you. If you don't like grandma's insinuations but don't know how to refuse to deal with them, I will also say... these You don’t have to worry.”

He really felt that way, so his words sounded more sincere than usual, and a little less unruly and romantic, like an old father.

Shen Luoxin looked up at him blankly, dumbfounded in disbelief... The man looked down at his expression, frowning slightly, a little surprised, a little confused, and a little self-righteous.

It was probably because the moonlight was too beautiful, or maybe it was due to alcohol. Shen Luoxin raised her eyebrows slightly and looked sideways at him. Her smiling eyes and flowing look were a bit more mature and charming of a woman. She said, "Shangguan Chu, do you look down on me or yourself? You and I have known each other for so long, but you still think that I, Shen Luoxin, am someone who is easily influenced by other people's words? Shangguan Chu, please listen. , I...Shen Luoxin, I just have feelings for you."

She said that she had been moved, not moved. After saying that, he secretly cursed himself, coward! Even though I was drunk, I didn't dare to tell the truth.

Shangguan Chu was stunned there, opened his mouth, but said nothing... After a long while, he said in a low voice, "I... I don't know."

"Shen Luoxin, I really don't know." He reiterated again, looking more determined and serious than before.

Shen Luoxin looked at him who was so serious that he almost swore to God, and smiled suddenly, "There are only a few people who can make Mr. Shangguan speechless... I think there are only a few. Don't worry, I just had my heart moved, but now it's... I no longer have such thoughts... I still have self-knowledge. I, Shen Luoxin, do not become a rich lady by living here. My own home is just like the courtyard where I live now. There are no maids. , only Xu Siniang and I depend on each other... And you, Shangguan Chu, are as rich as any other country, and Ji Feng once said that your home in Yunzhou is much bigger than here..."

"That's not what I meant." Shangguan Chu felt a headache coming on. How could this little girl talk nonsense after drinking? He said seriously, "You are Xiao Ning's best friend. To me, you are my sister, just like her. But you are different from her. You are learning business from me, and we are more like master and apprentice. I never mean to look down on you."

"No one here will look down upon you either," he added.

Master and disciple... Shen Luoxin stood by the lake, blowing the evening breeze, watching the waves on the water. After a long while, he tugged the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice, "I'm sleepy. I'm going back... Don't follow me. ”